I picked this up for 1800. It is my first BII, and my first bill is 1700 for A4ld rebuild and tranny cooler upgrade. Lemme see how much I can drive my old lady crazy by dumping money into a 20+ year old truck.
save a bunch of money and pull the tranny yourself and seperate the transfer case from it, then take it to the shop. usually saves about a third of the price in labor